The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-23
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC
rso Wind Up of Grismer'S
1n' Engagement.
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r almost inspires one WIN Ihe DC
,..t hat good times have come again
nc. ~, -,ore 10 see the steady rain OF
OnY ou which has showered into the
l each night since the Grismer-
navies engagement began. Salt Lake,
5uring 1886, Va fast earning the repu-
..tion of a one or two-lIght stand, but
The last few notable engagements-and
agnecially those of Morrison an
c-.smer-almost induce US to belieVr
that such things as week engagement
NAV vet be possible again after all
crismer opened to 1853 in Called Back,
which was just SO NOR thon The piece
drsw on its first peri ormance. In
Monte Crislo the count was $3.50, a total
of 50 800, on the engagement The TWO
nights and a matinee went peyon
Worrison's receipts about $3.50, though,
NJ CT urse he had no ange OF Dill.
The audience last night vas moIt 70
ciferously demonstrative than any at
has nreceded it-though from the nature
ofthe piece il was applause which came
largely from the galleries. DoWn stairs
were scattered good many old vets
Who are not often seen inside the
Theatre. but whom the war autographs
and the talk of the blue and the gray
had brought out from their tresldes Tor
Verv ENJOYABLE they must have found
the evenings entertainment; 1t was
marching, the rattle OF musketry'
neriIous escapes, military tableaux, War
sonps- and higt. sounding speeches from
beginning to end; as play, the Field ot
Honor will not rank very high, but put
on the stage as Mr.. Grismer has pro-
duced it, with all the aids OF bright ia
blesux and military spectacles, it
forms an attraction which Will never
fail 10 be one of the strongest drawing
cards in bis repertory. Whatever may
he the critical estimate of the anna
nnon which it is all hung, last night s
representation showed how finely the
plsv could be on put for run, as 1t was
done for the Grand Army of the Re-
public in San Francisco with 100 supers.
1t could have been improved here
had stage manager been sent
on ahead to rehearse the auxilliaries,
and the songs tIticularly-which
we're the lamest things of the
evening, owing to the variety Of keys
prevailing on the stage-could have
been made strong feature. But con-
sidering the time and the fact that the
piece only being on for one night, a
heavy outlay could hardly be expected
the result was very creditable. On
some of the tableaus, that of the battle
and the scene in the Cemetery, the
curtain had to be raised six or eight
times, and in the face of such vocit err
GUS recalls, it is vain to interpose
criticism.
The acting was of course above the
piece, though there were no such dis
plays and no such opportunities as in
Called Back and Monte Cristo. Mr..
Grismer and Miss Davies, played as
effectively as they Away do; Mr.. L.
l.. Davenport looked very handsome as
the Guerrilla Chief, Mr. Webster did an
old negro OF the " rom" and "Old
Pete" style, and was rewarded with
some strong plaudits. The comedy
pair we're Mr.. II. Davenport as an Irish
man, with very American brogue,
and MIR. Ferguson as a Dntehman, with
lingo that Smacked more of New Jer.
sey than Holland. But both acted well,
and rendered the galleries hoarse. Mr.
Deal was satisfactory as ever IN
double part, and the ladies made what
they could of some rather colorless
characters.
Mr.. Grismer and Miss Davis his wife
by the way-go now to California
where they play at the Alcazar, after
an interior tour. and where there is
some prospect of their allying the;r
forces with Lewis Morrison and doing
Faust and Marguerite. These three
people in the three principal parts of
That drama, would make very strong
combination, and though we have some
doubts as to their making lasting sue
cess out of so lububrious and well
worked theme, they have our hopes
mat they may come together, as so ad-
miraole trio, and one so suited each
70 the other, could hardly be
wrought together in the profess
SION Their names linked together
mou;G prove an attraction that
SUua sweep the country. However,
@Iether as parts OF the Morrison-Gris
me5j,Dayies constellation. or simply
Under the name by which thev are now
SnoWn, and which this visit has made
S U,6 pepS;iar-we shall always be glad to
VEL we MI, and Mrs. Grismer, and al
W oSS ieei tegretfLl at having to utter
words Of farewell.